Fernanda Santos appears in the following:
Children at Risk on the Border
Monday, December 17, 2018
A closer look at the dangerous road taken by immigrant children crossing the southern U.S. border.
19 Firefighters Killed in Arizona Wildfire
Monday, July 01, 2013
Arizona resident and officials are reeling from the biggest loss of life due to a wildfire in 30 years. At least 19 firefighters died this weekend battling a wildfire in the Central A...
Educators Tell City Council Why Millions Goes Unclaimed From Medicaid
Thursday, March 01, 2012
Education officials tried to explain to City Council members at a hearing why they failed to collect tens of millions in reimbursements from services for special-needs students in recent years.
City Pushes Ahead on Plan to Close, Then Reopen 33 Schools
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The New York City Education Department has set in motion its plan to restore federal grants to 33 struggling schools. On Tuesday, it released proposals to close eight of those schools...
City Teacher Data Reports Are Released
Friday, February 24, 2012
UPDATED | After a long legal battle and amid much anguish by teachers and other educators, the city Department of Education released individual performance rankings of 18,000 New York...
A Last-Minute Deal on Teacher Evaluations
Thursday, February 16, 2012
UPDATED | After an all-night negotiating session in Albany, New York State education officials and the state teachers union reached an agreement on a new teacher evaluation system on ...
In Last-Minute Reprieve, 2 Failing Schools Are Spared
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
After three exhaustive weeks of public hearings and protests, the Department of Education has reversed course on two of the 25 schools it had proposed to close or shrink. Wadleigh Sec...
Principals' Union Condemns Plan for 33 Struggling Schools
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Of the unions representing teachers and principals in New York City, the principals’ union had played a passive role in the charged and increasingly divisive dispute over an evaluatio...
SUNY Trustees Support Tuition Aid for Illegal Immigrants
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
State University of New York trustees unanimously approved on Wednesday a resolution supporting a plan to offer state-sponsored tuition assistance, grants and scholarships to college-...
Regents and Cuomo Split on School Performance Grants
Monday, January 23, 2012
Testifying in Albany about Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposed executive budget, Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. said the Regents would put $200 million of the $250 million the go...
Inching Closer to Agreement on Evaluations for Teachers
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
In the long-simmering debate over how to judge the quality of New York State school employees, there is one thing all sides agree on: a system should be in place. The sticking point h...
Mayor Bloomberg's Promises for Education: An Annotated Scorecard
Friday, January 13, 2012
An assessment of education plans and pledges in Mayor Bloomberg's State of the City addresses through the years.
Bloomberg Unveils Ambitious Proposals for Schools
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's State of the City address includes proposals to attract, reward and evaluate teachers; open 100 new schools, including 50 charters; increase partnerships...
Cuomo Urges Districts and Unions to Compromise on Evaluations
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The stalemate over a new teacher evaluation system continues, and on Tuesday Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo issued a blistering statement, saying "the forces that protect this bureaucracy have ...
At Regents Meeting, a Protest Over School Improvement Grants
Monday, January 09, 2012
While the Board of Regents met inside the state’s Education Department headquarters on Monday, representatives from the state’s teachers’ union and several of the districts that lost...
Legislator Calls for Hearing on State Aid Suspension
Thursday, January 05, 2012
State Assemblyman Felix W. Ortiz of Brooklyn is calling for a public hearing on the state education commissioner’s decision to suspend payments on federal grants that are meant to hel...
Despite Budget Squeeze, Arts Are Still Robust, Ed Department Says
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Spending in arts education increased by nearly 2 percent in the past school year, despite the many challenges posed by several consecutive years of budget cuts to city schools, accord...
State Puts a Precise Cost on Helping Illegal Immigrant Students
Thursday, December 08, 2011
The cost to New York state for its version of a Dream Act was put at $627,428, a number so low when compared with other expenses the state has that the bill’s chief supporters -- the ...
Former Schools Official Is Fined for Ethics Violation
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
The former chief financial officer for the Department of Education has agreed to pay a $6,500 fine to the city’s Conflict of Interest Board for using his public e-mail account to prom...
Mayor Warns of Potential School Bus Strike
Friday, November 18, 2011
The bus drivers' union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, has told the city it will order a strike if the city does not include provisions in the bid guaranteeing seniority-based ...
